There aren’t a huge number of Welsh bands that have achieved worldwide superstardom. But if I had to place a bet on any active UK band, I would put my money on the Joy Formidable.
The band is fronted by a woman, the blonde, beautiful, and irrepressible Ritzy Bryan, and normally even I would be dubious of a woman out front of a indie rock group, but there’s something different here. The brilliant rhythm section of Rhydian Dafydd (bass / vocals) and Matt Thomas (drums) bangs on with equal authority to Bryan’s banging guitar and lead vocals. In May 2010, the trio released an EP in America called A Balloon Called Moaning, eight songs showcasing the band’s sound, mixing up pop, punk, grunge, and rock in an engaging way. This week, the Joy Formidable release their debut album in America called The Big Roar, and this is the kind of album that should make you take notice of this band.
At the start of “The Everchanging Changing Spectrum of a Lie,” the first song on the album, you can hear the sound of balloons being blown up and then being popped, no doubt a nod to their previous EP’s title. When Bryan asks emphatically, “can’t you see I’m good?” you can feel the lyric dripping with her emotion. It’s rare that I come across a female vocalist whose singing sentiment I can relate to; with Ritzy Bryan, you know this is a woman who wears her heart on her sleeve, for our benefit. The aforementioned banging guitars usher in and fill in around the words of “A Heavy Abacus.” The strangely titled “Llaw = Wall” allows Dafydd to take lead vocal duties; the first half of the song is as gentle as a lullaby before the guitars return to snap you back into the reality that is a Joy Formidable album.
This debut album smartly features some of the strongest songs from A Balloon Called Moaning. “Austere” features a thudding, relentless bass line from Dafydd and Bryan’s evocative lyrics. It’s one thing to just bash the hell out of your instruments, but this trio from North Wales seems to have figured out the formula of appropriately balancing guitars and drums to create a compelling soundscape to pair with dreamy lyrics. “Whirring” has Thomas’s military-style drumming, Bryan’s vocals spat out in a similarly staccato fashion. She repeats, “all these things about me you never can tell / you make me sleep so badly, invisible friend.” My guess is that the song is about how something haunts you, like a secret you can’t tell anyone else and how it’s eating you up because you can’t be honest with yourself, let alone other people. Whether your secret is big or small, I think everyone can relate to this.
Then there are the less successful numbers in this collection of 12 songs. “I Don’t Want to See You Like This”; I find the nearly spoken lyrics dry and not at the same high quality of the backing instrumentation. “Maruyama” is a Japanese-flavored dream pop track that doesn’t go anywhere interesting. The guitars and drums fight with Bryan’s voice for authority in “Buoy” and unfortunately the unconvincing instrumentation wins out.
But I can overlook these because there are some real gems in here. “The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade,” also borrowed from A Balloon Called Moaning, closes The Big Roar in fine fashion: the rhythm is hypnotic, and I love the way Bryan’s voice is soft and angelic despite the crashing guitars around her. It’s inspirational, yet also sad; truth be told, it makes me cry every time. I read it as someone saying goodbye to a lover: what comes after you’ve accepted that the relationship is over is the healing of your own heart, the recognition that brighter days ahead, and the cognizance that you can look to that other person not with hate or regret, but with the acknowledgment and remembrance of something wonderful that you once shared with that person. Which is what I think speaks to me most about the Joy Formidable: somehow they’ve managed to write compelling rock songs that allow you, the listener, to headbang to heavy but complex guitar rhythms, yet have strong lyrical, emotional content. So it shouldn’t be surprising that frontwoman Bryan has named the Smiths as an important musical influence. Get this album, you won’t be disappointed.
The Big Roar by the Joy Formidable is available now from Atlantic Records. Catch the band on their huge tour in North America in March and April, including appearances this week at South by Southwest and next month at Coachella. Support for the tour will be from Mona and the Lonely Forest.
Track Listing:
01. The Ever Changing Spectrum of a Lie
02. The Magnifying Glass
03. I Don’t Want to See You Like This
04. Austere
05. A Heavy Abacus
06. Whirring
07. Buoy
08. Maruyama
09. Cradle
10. Llaw = Wall
11. Chapter 2
12. The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade
Tour Dates
Mar 17 – Parish / Austin
Mar 17 – Mellow Johnny’s / Austin
Mar 18 – Waterloo Records (in store) / Austin
Mar 18 – Buffalo Billiards / Austin
Mar 19 – Brush Square Park / Austin
Mar 19 – La Zona Rosa / Austin
Mar 22 – Earl / Atlanta
Mar 24 – Coffeehouse @ Duke University / Durham, NC
Mar 25 – Black Cat / Washington, DC
Mar 26 – Valentine’s / Albany
Mar 28 – Met / Providence
Mar 29 – Brighton Music Hall / Allston, MA
Mar 30 – Johnny Brenda’s / Philadelphia
Mar 31 – Terrace Club @ Princeton University / Princeton, NJ
Apr 01 – Abbey / Harrisburg
Apr 02 – Horseshoe Tavern / Toronto
Apr 04 – Basement / Columbus
Apr 05 – Lincoln Hall / Chicago
Apr 06 – 7th Street Entry / Minneapolis
Apr 08 – Larimer Lounge / Denver
Apr 09 – Kilby Court / Salt Lake City
Apr 11 – Mississippi Studios / Portland
Apr 12 – Crocodile / Seattle
Apr 14 – Bottom of the Hill / San Francisco
Apr 16 – Coachella / Indio, CA
Apr 19 – Rhythm Room / Phoenix
Apr 20 – Launchpad / Albuquerque
Apr 22 – Luminary Arts Center / St. Louis
Apr 23 – Riot Room / Kansas City
Apr 26 – Grog Shop / Cleveland
Apr 27 – Smiling Moose / Pittsburgh
Apr 29 – Webster Hall / New York City
The Vaccines, one of the most hotly tipped English bands for success in 2011, have released a new music video for their track, “If You Wanna.” They were described by the Guardian‘s Paul Lester as “like the Drums if they were more influenced by the Jesus and Mary Chain than the Smiths.”
“If You Wanna” will appear on the London band’s debut album, What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?, expected to drop in May on Columbia Records. If you’re interested in getting your hands on some Vaccines tuneage now, their 3-song eponymous EP is available in digital format, with a 10″ vinyl to be released on 7″ on March 15. And if you happen to be at South by Southwest this year, you can catch them there as well.
Friendly Fires, the St. Albans, England electropop band that got bodies moving with “Paris” and “Skeleton Boy,” have announced they will be appearing at South by Southwest in March and will be embarking on a North American tour starting in May. They will be playing two dates in February: February 7 at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and February 9 at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
The dance band’s highly anticipated sophomore album, tentatively titled Pala, is expected to drop sometime this spring on XL Recordings.
Tour Dates:
Feb 07 – Bowery Ballroom / New York City
Feb 09 – Roxy / Los Angeles
Mar 15-19 – South by Southwest / Austin
May 24 – First Unitarian Church / Philadelphia
May 25 – Webster Hall / New York City
May 26 – 9:30 Club / Washington, DC
May 27 – Paradise / Boston
May 28 – Corona Theatre / Montreal
May 30 – Phoenix / Toronto
May 31 – Lincoln Hall / Chicago
Jun 01 – Varsity Theater / Minneapolis
Jun 04 – Venue / Vancouver
Jun 05 – Neumo’s / Seattle
Jun 06 – Doug Fir / Portland
Jun 08 – Independent / San Francisco
Jun 10 – Music Box @ Henry Fonda / Los Angeles
Things are looking up for New York band the Postelles. They wowed crowds at South by Southwest in March. In May, they toured the UK as support for Sunderland, England’s Futureheads and played a headlining gig at famed London venue Koko. They toured with Alberta Cross in June, and then in July, they played a sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom (and you can watch some backstage antics in the video below). And now they’ve just announced tour dates for the fall.
Tour Dates
Sept 05 – Northeastern University / Boston%
Sept 09 – Billy Reid store / New York&
Sept 18 – DC9 / Washington, DC*
Sept 24 – Great Scott / Allston, MA *
Sept 30 – Bar St. Laurent / Montreal $$
Oct 06 – Bowery Electric / New York City#
Oct 13 – Bowery Electric / New York City#
Oct 20 – Bowery Electric (CMJ Official Showcase) / New York City #
Oct 23 – Hideout / Chicago*
Nov 27 – Webster Hall / New York City**
Nov 29 – La Sala Rossa / Montreal **
Nov 30 – Mod Club / Toronto**
Dec 02 – 9:30 Club / Washington, DC**
Dec 03 – Royale / Boston**
Dec 04 – Water Street Music Hall / Rochester **
Dec 07 – Culture Room / Fort Lauderdale**
Dec 09 – Social / Orlando**
Dec 10 – Covenant College / Lookout Mountain, GA**
Dec 11 – Loft / Atlanta**
Dec 13 – Paramount Arts Center / Ashland, KY*
* headlining gig
% with Manchester Orchestra
& New York Fashion Week Event
$$ Pop Montreal
# Bowery Electric residency (free shows)
** with Fun. and Steel Train
Villagers, the collective name of Irish folk singer/songwriter Conor O’Brien and his band, will be stopping by at several venues this month to promote their debut album, Becoming a Jackal (to be released on June 08 in America). The album was co-produced by O’Brien and Villagers guitarist Tommy McLaughlin. Last year the band supported Neil Young, one of their heroes, and this March they made their first appearances in America in New York and South by Southwest.
You can stream Becoming a Jackal in its entirely on NPR.
Tour Dates
Jun 16 – Knitting Factory / Brooklyn
Jun 17 – Union Hall / Brooklyn
Jun 19 – Armory Cafe Room / Boston
Jun 21 – DC9 / Washington, DC
Jun 22 – Side Chapel @ First Unitarian Church / Philadelphia
Jun 23 – Joe’s Pub / New York City
The more acts I see perform and talk to, the more I am amazed by just how famous the 9:30 Club is internationally. “We’ve heard a lot about this city and this venue…” Marcus Mumford, leader of London-based folk outfit Mumford and Sons, admitted to a Washington D.C. crowd. He and his band had just played the title track of their debut album, Sigh No More, to a very excited audience. Smiling broadly, he continued with, “…and it’s lived up to all of our expectations!” Based on the crazy reaction I witnessed both physically and audibly on the floor, I’d say the feeling was mutual. The quartet stopped Thursday night in D.C., just one of the dates on a sold-out, 5-week tour across North America.
Their mates for this tour are the Middle East, a seven-piece indie band hailing from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Before this current tour with Mumford and Sons, these Aussies played a well-received set at fellow blog BrooklynVegan’s showcase at South by Southwest in March, then supported Frightened Rabbit when the Scots toured America. Musically, they were a good match for Mumford, with both soft, folk-tinged (“The Darkest Side”) and harder, borderline folky (“Beleriand”) songs. The band closed their set with “Blood,” a song from the band’s self-titled EP last year that got radio stations across the globe buzzing about them. Live, the joyous, harmonious vocalizing was simply beautiful. So really, it’s no surprise that for an opening band, they were able to attract as well as wow a sizeable crowd over an hour before the headliner was due onstage.
I remember the first time I heard Mumford and Sons. Their single “Little Lion Man” was all over BBC Radio last summer, and from one whiff of the confident lyrics and blazing folk instrumentation, I was hooked. A couple weeks ago I read on the 9:30 Club website that the show was sold out. Huh? I thought I was the only one in town who’d heard of them. In this case, I’d like to thank the internet, because I’m pretty sure it was electronic word of mouth that has helped spread word about this quartet of fine musicians.
The sultry darkness of tearful broken heartedness was explored brilliantly in “I Gave You All” and “White Blank Page.” But the band can incite spontaneous hoedowns, as in the case of “The Cave.” What surprised me the most was how chaotically they could play their instruments; this is more what you would expect in a metal band, not a folk one. Just goes to show that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover (or rather judge a band by the songs on their album). Three new songs were previewed – “Nothing is Written,” “Lover of the Light,” and “Whispers in the Dark,” the latter being the only song played in the encore, much to the disgust of fans who, probably just like me, were disappointed that they did not play the gorgeous love song “Winter Winds.”
“Roll Away Your Stone” was the definite highlight of the night. As the audience was whipped into a frenzy as Mumford and company threw all caution to the wind, arms flying as they played their instruments with fury, members of the Middle East reappeared onstage, some of them only in their boxers, dancing around Mumford’s troupe, shaking all sorts of hand percussion. It was definitely one of those “caught up in the moment” experiences, as everyone around me pogo-ed, shrieked in delight, or the combination of the two. Think folk music is boring? Mumford and Sons will make you think twice. Don’t believe me? Check out this tv appearance on “Later Live with Jools Holland” from the first week of May. (Sorry, no one in underwear in this version.)
Mumford and Sons Set List
Sigh No More
Awake My Soul
The Cave
I Gave You All
White Blank Page
Nothing is Written (new song)
Little Lion Man
Lover of the Light (new song)
Thistle and Weeds
Timshel
Roll Away Your Stone
Dust Bowl Dance
/
Whispers in the Dark (new song)
Tour Dates
May 21 – Beachland Ballroom / Cleveland*
May 22 – Wexner Center / Columbus*
May 24 - Lincoln Hall / Chicago*
May 25 – Varsity Theatre / Minneapolis*
May 29 – Sasquatch Music Festival / George, WA*
May 30 – 560 Club / Vancouver*
May 31 – Aladdin Theatre / Portland*
Jun 03 – Great American Music Hall / San Francisco*
Jun 04 – Henry Fonda Theatre / Los Angeles*
Jun 07 – Rhythm Room / Phoenix*
Jun 09 – Antone’s / Austin*
Jun 10 – House of Blues / Dallas*
Jun 12 – Bonnaroo Music Festival / Manchester, TN
Jun 14 – Bluebird / Bloomington, IN
Jun 15 – Off Broadway / St. Louis
Jun 16 – Record Bar / Kansas City, KS
*with the Middle East
Irish trio Two Door Cinema Club was pretty much universally hotly tipped by British music critics last year even before their debut album Tourist History even made it to store shelves in early March 2010. The band received further validation as a one of only of 15 acts to make it on the BBC Sound of 2010 long list. Despite accolades like these, the band have not rested on their laurels, relentlessly touring and easily gaining new fans with their brand of pop / punky hybrid rock, first across Britain and the rest of Europe. Now it appears North America has caught the Two Door bug, with many of the dates on their first-ever headlining tour of our continent selling out. High off playing a great gig the night before at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, they performed at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood last Thursday with two opening acts, Million Young and Bad Veins.
Florida’s Million Young took to the stage first. Frontman Mike Diaz (guitar, programming) sings dreamy lyrics but is backed by synths and Afrobeat. They sound like what you might imagine would result if Beach House went to the islands and decided to make a record. That’s my impression anyway – other people have compared the band’s sound to South Carolinan Toro y Moi. The vocals are too new age-y for me, but I was really digging the synth and drum sections. Songs like “Mien” and “Cynthia” set early gig-goers gyrating.
I’d seen Bad Veins before, also in the second spot on the bill; they supported We Were Promised Jetpacks in DC in February. Thankfully, singer Benjamin Davis still rocks the telephonic vocals, and drummer Sebastien Schultz is still pounding out the militant beats that pair so well with Davis’ style of sometimes drawn out, sometimes disaffected and Beck-ish, and sometimes theatrical rock singing style. Their tape player, Irene, was employed to add further warmth to the music with strings and brass. Davis commented that “her” location stage right was unusual (usually the tape player is set up in the middle of the stage between them, so that Schultz can reach the play and stop buttons).
However, their set did not seem to be affected by this at all. Songs like the yearning “Gold and Warm” and the groovy “Crosseyed” and “Falling Tide” captivated the audience so much that the crowd was won over, with several fans on the floor and in the balcony shouting with much displeasure when Davis announced they only had one song left. I’m impressed by all that these two guys from Cincinnati can musically and their performance in Philadelphia was no exception. Watch this video of “The Lie” below from South by Southwest 2009, just gorgeous. Definitely check them out. Really, they should be much bigger in America than they are.
For most of the bands I like from overseas, it takes a long time for America to catch on and to ever see them on network television, so I take Two Door Cinema Club‘s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this month as an excellent sign that they’ve already been recognized in America as a good bet. (Catch one of the songs they performed for Kimmel below.) When it came time for Two Door’s set on Thursday, there were several teasing moments where the lights went down and went back up again as guitars and gear were checked and re-checked. This gave ample time for latecomers to fill in on both floors when the band finally took the stage, beginning with the engaging love song “Cigarettes in the Theatre,” which I imagine will be their trademark set starter for the foreseeable future.
Listening to a record in the comfort of your bedroom or car is different than seeing that band live, and this can’t be stressed enough in the case of Two Door Cinema Club. Watch for the frenetically played, flying guitars being played by the principal members, bassist Kev Baird, lead guitarist Sam Halliday, and lead singer / guitarist Alex Trimble. Drumsticks also fly courtesy of Brighton, England touring drummer Ben Thompson, personally chosen by the band in October to replace the Mac programming employed on their recordings. This is just fun, fast-paced guitar pop with good lyrics. Watching gig-goers go into near trances over the great music made me smile.
The surprises of the evening were the playing of two little-known b-sides, “Hands Off My Cash, Monty” (introduced by Baird with the warning, “you won’t know this one, unless you are a super fan or something“) and “Kids,” which wasn’t the MGMT cover some of us at the front had guessed jokingly when the set lists were first laid out on the stage floor. Both of these sound great live and in truth, either of them would have felt right at home on Tourist History. The crowd enthusiastically clapped in time to the bridge of “Costume Party,” leading me to believe that many of them had already gotten their free mp3 of the song from joining the band’s mailing list.
But if I were to pick the highlights of the night, hands down they would be the songs from the encore. The printed set list did not indicate there would be one, but a big fan at the front commented loudly to the rest of us, “They have to come back. They haven’t played ‘I Can Talk’ yet!” Wise words. After the audience’s insistent chant of “one more song!” the band returned to play “Come Back Home” followed by “I Can Talk.” By then, these lads from Bangor had the Philly crowd eating out of their hand. World domination is next.
Two Door Cinema Club Set List
Cigarettes in the Theatre
Undercover Martyn
Hands Off My Cash, Monty
Do You Want It All
Something Good Can Work
This is the Life
Kids
Costume Party
You’re Not Stubborn
What You Know
Eat That Up, It’s Good for You
//
Come Back Home
I Can Talk
Art Brut‘s frontman, the irrepressible and extremely funny Eddie Argos, has been working on a side project with girlfriend Dyan Valdes (of the Blood Arm) called Everybody Was in the French Resistance…NOW! The interesting bit about this side project is that it isn’t just any side project: Argos and Valdes decided to go through the decades of popular music, writing and recording song responses to 12 famous tunes throughout popular music history for their album Fixing the Charts, released on Cooking Vinyl earlier this year and available now.
Responses to songs from artists as varied as the Mamas and the Papas, Frank Sinatra, and Avril Lavigne made it to this album. Even the show tune standard “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” made famous by Gerry and the Pacemakers in the ’60s and now forever linked to my footy team, Liverpool Football Club, did not escape Argos and Valdes’s touch. They just played at South by Southwest last month, and the Austin Chronicle noted of their performance, “…Argos’ wry wit and genial irony has a half-life longer than a SXSW showcase allows. Plus, he’s legitimately funny.” Catch this act at a venue near you.
Tour Dates
Apr 23 – Echo / Los Angeles
Apr 24 – Casbah / San Diego
Apr 27 – Bottom of the Hill / San Francisco
Apr 29 – Mississippi Studios / Portland
Apr 30 – Red Room Coffee and Concert House / Kennewick, WA
May 01 – High Drive / Seattle
May 04 – Turf Club / Minneapolis
May 05 – Frequency / Madison, WI
May 06 – Schubas / Chicago
May 07 – Majestic Café / Detroit
May 08 – El Mocambo / Toronto
May 09 – La Sala Rossa / Montreal
May 11 – Great Scott / Boston
May 12 – Mercury Lounge / New York City
May 13 – Union Hall / Brooklyn
May 14 – North Star / Philadelphia
May 15 – DC9 / Washington, DC
May 16 – Local 506 / Chapel Hill
May 17 – Earl / Atlanta
May 18 – Bottletree / Birmingham
May 19 – Exit In / Nashville
May 21 – Mango’s / Houston
May 22 – Emo’s indoors / Austin
May 23 – Hailey’s / Denton, TX
May 26 – Rhythm Room / Phoenix
Everybody Was in the French Resistance…NOW!: myspace
Looking back, I learned a few things from my time in Austin, Texas as a rookie journalist at South by Southwest in 2009. After standing in line for roughly four hours last year, I arrived in Austin early, hoping to get all the paperwork and non-specifics out of the way. Dodging the Wednesday crowd really seemed to help, as I got my band and photo creds in ten minutes, leaving time to make my way over to pick up my entrance pass to the Purevolume House to catch a few bands.
By the time I got into the venue, Joshua James was finishing up his set. I shuffled through the drink line for a water before making my way to the front to set up for Johnny Flynn‘s 10:00 p.m. time slot.
Flynn and company had literally just stepped off the runway of Austin’s International airport and onto the stage of the venue for this set. It honestly doesn’t get more rough than that. Hailing from London, their bodies were left shaking off the feeling of jet lag equaling a 4 a.m. start time. Regardless of fatigue, the guys stayed the course, presenting me with a quality jumping off point for my 2010 SXSW.
Somewhere between Ryan Adams and The Swell Season, Flynn’s set showed his diversity as he wielded multiple duties between acoustic guitar, mandolin, trumpet, vocals and charm. With sweet alt. country songs and lyrics written with talent and depth, I expect big things from Flynn. I walked away from the stage a fan. I honestly plan on catching them again before I leave Austin, this time with all of their energy intact.
Following Flynn, Jakob Dylan of both Wallflowers and solo fame was set to take stage. Ironically, Dylan happened to also be the first band I caught at Austin City Limits in 2009. However, this time around his cast would be a little different. His band, Three Legs which features Neko Case, would be playing for the first time in front of a crowd. It doesn’t get much more exciting than that.
However, it does lead a person to wonder how anyone managed to get Neko Case to stand in the shadows of a project. With a presence on stage that borders on being bold and commands attention I think there are a number of musical personalities who would shy away from sharing the stage with Case. They might worry about the spotlight shifting slightly to stage left. However, in this situation, the combination would work flawlessly. Dylan shows his humility playing with a star that might honestly be a bigger name than he, while Case stands calmly by his side, performing her role as one of the legs of the band instead of trying to be the spine.
That spine is Dylan. Of all his projects, this one is the strongest. His voice is mature and wise, reminding me at times of the protest singer style that his father dawned. However at times a little Johnny Cash can be found in him as well. Beautiful slide guitar riffs fill the stage as he sings about sadness.
Australian band the Middle East is flying high these days. In early February, the group’s track “Blood” was tipped by two major BBC radio shows in Britain – Steve Lamacq‘s drivetime program on the now threatened with closure BBC6music station, and Radio2′s evening show hosted by Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie. Talk about ringing endorsements. So it should come as no surprise that with this momentum, the band has announced American festival appearances for the spring, with a proper tour of North America to follow.
Fittingly, the band will begin the tour – with darlings of the London folk scene Mumford and Sons in tow – at the Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 14. That tour ends on June 10 at Dallas’s House of Blues. I’ve been telling people the March UK tour line-up of Mumford and Sons with Fanfarlo couldn’t be beat, but I guess someone upstairs heard me! I couldn’t help myself, both bands are so wonderful, I wanted to share videos from both with you. Watch, listen, and enjoy. And catch the bands at a venue near you.
The Middle East – “Blood”
Mumford and Sons - “The Cave”
Tour Dates
Mar 14 – NX35 Music Conference / Denton, TX
Mar 17-20 – South by Southwest / Austin
Apr 18 – Coachella Music Festival / Indio, CA
May 13 – Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire / Montreal
May 14 – Middle East Downstairs / Cambridge, MA*
May 16 – Fillmore at TLA / Philadelphia*
May 18 – Webster Hall / New York City*
May 20 – 9:30 Club / Washington, DC*
May 21 – Beachland Ballroom / Cleveland*
May 22 – Wexner Center / Columbus*
May 24 - Lincoln Hall / Chicago*
May 25 – Varsity Theatre / Minneapolis*
May 29 – Sasquatch Music Festival / George, WA*
May 30 – 560 Club / Vancouver*
May 31 – Aladdin Theatre / Portland*
Jun 03 – Great American Music Hall / San Francisco*
Jun 04 – Henry Fonda Theatre / Los Angeles*
Jun 07 – Rhythm Room / Phoenix*
Jun 09 – Antone’s / Austin*
Jun 10 – House of Blues / Dallas*
* with Mumford and Sons
The Middle East: myspace Mumford and Sons: website | myspace | MP3 Minute: Mumford and Sons Cover Vampire Weekend
To keep this site up and running, we reserve the sidebar for ads. In that case, put your ad here.
All that's needed is for you to fill out this lovely form.
All media content contained within PopWreckoning is meant to enhance reader appreciation for the art and medium. Please support artists you discover here by purchasing albums, attending shows and buying merch.
Contact us should you wish for certain media to be removed from PopWreckoning.
There aren’t a huge number of Welsh bands that have achieved worldwide superstardom. But if I had to place a bet on any active UK band, I would put my money on the Joy Formidable.
